Director Jack Hill’s 1967 film Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (watch it Here) – which boasts a cast that includes Lon Chaney Jr. and Sid Haig – ranks up there as one of my all-time favorites. Rob Zombie clearly took some inspiration from Spider Baby when he was making House of 1000 Corpses, and back in 2007 we heard that a remake was in the works, coming from the Night of the Living Dead 3D team of director Jeff Broadstreet and writer Robert Valding. The one didn’t end up making it into production… but a couple weeks ago, it was confirmed that filming had just wrapped on a version of the remake that’s coming our way from Scs Entertainment and director Dustin Ferguson (Cocaine Cougar). Now our friends at Bloody Disgusting have gotten their hands on a trailer for the Spider Baby remake, and you can check it...
- 7/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Director Dustin Ferguson’s remake of Jack Hill’s 1967 cult classic horror movie Spider Baby has wrapped principal photography in L.A. Says Ferguson:
We’ve reached an exhilarating milestone with the completion of the ‘Spider Baby’ remake, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have worked with an extraordinary ensemble of genre stars such as Robert Mukes, Beverly Washburn, Brinke Stevens, and Ron Chaney. Their immense talent and commitment have breathed new life into this iconic story, infusing it with a fresh and captivating energy. I can hardly wait for audiences to experience the chilling world we’ve created when ‘Spider Baby’ premieres.
The film, from production company Scs Entertainment, tells of a pair of greedy relatives that try to repossess the Merrye Estate. But the inbred children protect their home and bloodline at all costs.
The cast of this new iteration of Spider Baby includes Beverly Washburn,...
We’ve reached an exhilarating milestone with the completion of the ‘Spider Baby’ remake, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have worked with an extraordinary ensemble of genre stars such as Robert Mukes, Beverly Washburn, Brinke Stevens, and Ron Chaney. Their immense talent and commitment have breathed new life into this iconic story, infusing it with a fresh and captivating energy. I can hardly wait for audiences to experience the chilling world we’ve created when ‘Spider Baby’ premieres.
The film, from production company Scs Entertainment, tells of a pair of greedy relatives that try to repossess the Merrye Estate. But the inbred children protect their home and bloodline at all costs.
The cast of this new iteration of Spider Baby includes Beverly Washburn,...
- 7/13/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Director Jack Hill’s 1967 film Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (watch it Here) – which boasts a cast that includes Lon Chaney Jr. and Sid Haig – ranks up there as one of my all-time favorites. Rob Zombie clearly took some inspiration from Spider Baby when he was making House of 1000 Corpses, and back in 2007 we heard that a remake was in the works, coming from the Night of the Living Dead 3D team of director Jeff Broadstreet and writer Robert Valding. The one didn’t end up making it into production… but now, sixteen years later, another attempt to remake Spider Baby has been made. And this one has just wrapped filming!
The Spider Baby remake is coming our way from Scs Entertainment and director Dustin Ferguson. It tells the story of a pair of greedy relatives that try to repossess the Merrye Estate. But the inbred children...
The Spider Baby remake is coming our way from Scs Entertainment and director Dustin Ferguson. It tells the story of a pair of greedy relatives that try to repossess the Merrye Estate. But the inbred children...
- 7/7/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
FX Artist Tom Devlin Brings His SyFy ‘Face Off’ Fan Favorite Creation to Life in Feature Horror-Comedy ‘Teddy Told Me To’: "Acclaimed FX artist Tom Devlin has finished production on his feature directorial debut “Teddy Told Me To”, which is currently in post-production.
The horror-comedy – which was directed by Devlin from a screenplay by Vincent Cusimano and Lola Devlin, was filmed on location at his celebrated Boulder City, Nevada roadside attraction Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum. Tom Devlin and Kayla Bushell produced, with special makeup effects by Devlin and Walid Atshe.
Revolving around the plight of a pair of haunters who set out to resurrect a shuttered Halloween haunt with a bloody past, “Teddy Told Me To” brings to the screen one of Devlin’s fan-favorite character makeup creations: the titular slasher “Teddy” (which he originated in 2011 in SyFy’s popular special effects makeup reality series “Face Off”.) Topher Hansson...
The horror-comedy – which was directed by Devlin from a screenplay by Vincent Cusimano and Lola Devlin, was filmed on location at his celebrated Boulder City, Nevada roadside attraction Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum. Tom Devlin and Kayla Bushell produced, with special makeup effects by Devlin and Walid Atshe.
Revolving around the plight of a pair of haunters who set out to resurrect a shuttered Halloween haunt with a bloody past, “Teddy Told Me To” brings to the screen one of Devlin’s fan-favorite character makeup creations: the titular slasher “Teddy” (which he originated in 2011 in SyFy’s popular special effects makeup reality series “Face Off”.) Topher Hansson...
- 7/6/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Following his directorial breakout Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 2001, John Cameron Mitchell followed it up a half-a-decade later with 2006’s subversive sex dramedy Shortbus. Now celebrating its 15th anniversary following its Cannes debut, the film has undergone a 4K restoration and a new trailer has arrived ahead of a theatrical run beginning at IFC Center on January 26 via Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Starring Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Pj Deboy, Raphael Barker, Peter Stickles, Jay Brannan, and Justin Vivian Bond, the film follows the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon. A sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, a dominatrix who is unable to connect, a gay couple who are deciding whether to open up their relationship, and the people who weave in and out of their lives, all converge...
Starring Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Pj Deboy, Raphael Barker, Peter Stickles, Jay Brannan, and Justin Vivian Bond, the film follows the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon. A sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, a dominatrix who is unable to connect, a gay couple who are deciding whether to open up their relationship, and the people who weave in and out of their lives, all converge...
- 1/10/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Prolific filmmaker Dustin Ferguson’s (Amityville Clownhouse) new thriller Rattlers 2, starring genre stars Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game Of Death), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), Dawna Lee Heising (Bad President) and written by Lee Turner, recently had its world television premiere on Wgud-tv’s extremely popular After Hours Cinema show hosted by noted film historian Lee Turner. This much anticipated film comes out on DVD Tuesday, January 12th & VOD Friday, January 15th from Scs Entertainment. Synopsis : A bizarre series of fatal mutant rattlesnake attacks in the California desert re-opens an investigation that began 45 years ago. Julie Anne Prescott, Peter Stickles, D.T. Carney, Thom Michael Mulligan, Tatiana Larrea, and Shawn C. Phillips round out the cast to the sequel...
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- 1/10/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Stars: Erica Sturdefant, Jonathon Buckley, Jarrid Masse, Terra Strong, Jumarcus Mason, Caleb Thomas, Peter Stickles, Troy Castaneda, Adam Meredith, Ashley Alva, Jaime Nungaray, Himanshu Prasad | Written by Scotty Mullen | Directed by Glenn R. Miller
Who would have thought that The Asylum’s seemingly quick cash-in on the hype around Zombeavers, Zoombies, would actually get a sequel. Well it has… and it turns out its a damn good one too. Oh and it also turns out this “sequel” is anything but. In fact Zoombies 2 leads directly into the events of the first film!
Zoombies 2 follows a group of poachers who, in the midst of being arrested by a park ranger, end up in the middle of a zombie animal attack in a wildlife consevation preserve! However instead of arresting the poachers, the ranger ends up saving them and eventually forges an uneasy alliance wth the group in order to...
Who would have thought that The Asylum’s seemingly quick cash-in on the hype around Zombeavers, Zoombies, would actually get a sequel. Well it has… and it turns out its a damn good one too. Oh and it also turns out this “sequel” is anything but. In fact Zoombies 2 leads directly into the events of the first film!
Zoombies 2 follows a group of poachers who, in the midst of being arrested by a park ranger, end up in the middle of a zombie animal attack in a wildlife consevation preserve! However instead of arresting the poachers, the ranger ends up saving them and eventually forges an uneasy alliance wth the group in order to...
- 5/21/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
New promo images have been released for filmmaker Dustin Ferguson’s forthcoming sci-fi thriller Robowoman, featuring the film’s stars Dawna Lee Heising (Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance), in the title role of Robowoman, Sue Price (Albert Pyun’s Nemesis franchise), Mel Novak, Vida Ghaffari (The Mindy Project) and Brinke Stevens. Check them all out below.
RoboWoman follows career woman Vivica Stevens (Heising) on her last night at a temp agency as she accepts a date with a pushy co-worker, played by Jonathan Nation (Elvis Lives). Soon she finds herself cornered in a dark park at night and brutally attacked, raped and left for dead by her date and his deranged friends. She’s found barely alive by her concerned roommate, Carlenee, played by Sue Price and undergoes illegal, experimental “cybernetic” surgery where she is given a replacement robotic arm and visor to correct her vision. However, the cybernetic surgery causes havoc to her brain,...
RoboWoman follows career woman Vivica Stevens (Heising) on her last night at a temp agency as she accepts a date with a pushy co-worker, played by Jonathan Nation (Elvis Lives). Soon she finds herself cornered in a dark park at night and brutally attacked, raped and left for dead by her date and his deranged friends. She’s found barely alive by her concerned roommate, Carlenee, played by Sue Price and undergoes illegal, experimental “cybernetic” surgery where she is given a replacement robotic arm and visor to correct her vision. However, the cybernetic surgery causes havoc to her brain,...
- 4/1/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The latest tale of maternal terror, Utero, starring Jessica Cameron (Truth or Dare), has wrapped filming in Los Angeles, and we have a pair of behind-the-scenes stills to celebrate with!
Utero was directed by Bryan Coyne and produced by Cameron. Peter Stickles co-stars in the flick, which showcases what happens when an agoraphobic unwed mother finds her psyche unraveling as she becomes convinced that her unborn child is more monster than human.
Look for more on this one as post-production progresses.
For more in the meantime, visit official Utero on Instagram, "like" Utero on Facebook, and follow Utero on Twitter.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Give birth in the comments section below.
Utero was directed by Bryan Coyne and produced by Cameron. Peter Stickles co-stars in the flick, which showcases what happens when an agoraphobic unwed mother finds her psyche unraveling as she becomes convinced that her unborn child is more monster than human.
Look for more on this one as post-production progresses.
For more in the meantime, visit official Utero on Instagram, "like" Utero on Facebook, and follow Utero on Twitter.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Give birth in the comments section below.
- 3/12/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Actress/director/producer/dynamo Jessica Cameron (Truth or Dare) is back with another project, and we have all the details fit to gestate in your belly for nine months before erupting outward through an orifice that may or may not be the one of choice.
Cameron dropped us a line today to let us know that she's producing and starring in Utero for director Bryan Coyne. Peter Stickles co-stars in the flick, which showcases what happens when an agoraphobic unwed mother finds her psyche unraveling as she becomes convinced that her unborn child is more monster than human.
Yep! We're there! Especially after seeing the artwork below.
The flick is filming now in Los Angeles.
For more visit the official Utero Instagram, "like" Utero on Facebook, and follow Utero on Twitter.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Give birth in the comments section below.
Cameron dropped us a line today to let us know that she's producing and starring in Utero for director Bryan Coyne. Peter Stickles co-stars in the flick, which showcases what happens when an agoraphobic unwed mother finds her psyche unraveling as she becomes convinced that her unborn child is more monster than human.
Yep! We're there! Especially after seeing the artwork below.
The flick is filming now in Los Angeles.
For more visit the official Utero Instagram, "like" Utero on Facebook, and follow Utero on Twitter.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Give birth in the comments section below.
- 2/26/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Showgirls 2: Penny's From Heaven (2011) Director: Rena Riffel Stars: Rena Riffel, Glenn Plummer, Peter Stickles Penny, a minor character from the first Showgirls, is still working as a stripper but has big dreams. to be a star on a low-budget TV dancing show. Never have I come so close to not making it through a movie. I mean that on all levels: falling asleep, turning it off or simply just ending it all. At two and a half hours long, Showgirls 2: Penny's From Heaven is...
- 9/25/2013
- by Jason Adams
- JoBlo.com
Birthday shoutouts go to Nate Berkus (above, with fiance Jeremiah Brent), who is 42, Bryan Singer is 48, Matthew Settle is 44, and the faboo Cassandra Peterson is 62.
The Goop is about to hit the fan.
You can stream the entire Cher album Closer To The Truth at Amazon.
Here is the official DVD trailer for Showgirls 2: Penny’s From Heaven, which follows the adventures of superfluous Showgirls character Penny. It stars Showgirls actors Rena Riffel, Glenn Plummer, Dewey Weber, Greg Travis, as well as … Peter Stickles!
Oyster Mag talks to Frank Ocean, who loses some of his clothes.
Below you can see Episode One of Takei’s Take, looking at Google Glass.
Ben Cohen apparently wanted to be paired with Robin Windsor for Strictly Come Dancing Think of the possibilities.
Here’s your Tasty Two For Tuesday With Matt Bomer. One more trip to Fashion Week.
And here’s The Weekly...
The Goop is about to hit the fan.
You can stream the entire Cher album Closer To The Truth at Amazon.
Here is the official DVD trailer for Showgirls 2: Penny’s From Heaven, which follows the adventures of superfluous Showgirls character Penny. It stars Showgirls actors Rena Riffel, Glenn Plummer, Dewey Weber, Greg Travis, as well as … Peter Stickles!
Oyster Mag talks to Frank Ocean, who loses some of his clothes.
Below you can see Episode One of Takei’s Take, looking at Google Glass.
Ben Cohen apparently wanted to be paired with Robin Windsor for Strictly Come Dancing Think of the possibilities.
Here’s your Tasty Two For Tuesday With Matt Bomer. One more trip to Fashion Week.
And here’s The Weekly...
- 9/17/2013
- by snicks
- The Backlot
I’m not sure what to make of this trailer. I’ll have to think about it. In the meantime, what’s your reaction to Dracula from Creep Creepersin? The trailer features the song “Vampirism” from the band Creepersin off of their Ep Creepersin A.D. 2013 The film stars Peter Stickles, Elissa Dowling, Bruce Hart, Domiziano Arcangeli and... Read More...
- 4/24/2013
- by EvanDickson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Brace yourselves. This list of the Top 100 Greatest Gay Movies is probably going to generate some howls of protest thanks to a rather major upset in the rankings. Frankly, one that surprised the hell out of us here at AfterElton.
But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.
We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...
But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.
We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...
- 9/11/2012
- by AfterElton.com Staff
- The Backlot
We’re back with our largest Indie Spotlight to date. Today’s feature contains over a dozen indie horror items, including details on The Other Side and your chance to win a copy of City Under the Moon:
The Other Side: We’re sent dozens of short films to check out each month, but The Other Side really stands out from the pack. This short horror film is directed by The Santoro Brothers and it is apparent that they are skilled directors who are also true fans of the genre. The Other Side will be hitting the festival/convention circuit shortly, and we expect it to play really well with slasher and home invasion horror fans.
Synopsis: “When a fresh faced nanny arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, she is instantly caught up in the turbulent relationship of her employers. James is struggling...
The Other Side: We’re sent dozens of short films to check out each month, but The Other Side really stands out from the pack. This short horror film is directed by The Santoro Brothers and it is apparent that they are skilled directors who are also true fans of the genre. The Other Side will be hitting the festival/convention circuit shortly, and we expect it to play really well with slasher and home invasion horror fans.
Synopsis: “When a fresh faced nanny arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, she is instantly caught up in the turbulent relationship of her employers. James is struggling...
- 8/12/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
By Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com
A modern take on the story of Dracula is coming in 2013 from writer and director Creep Creepersin.
Check out the official poster below the synopsis and production notes for Creep Creepersin's Dracula.
Synopsis
Creep Creepersin’s Dracula is a very modern take on not just the story of Dracula but also the legacy that the story has left on our society. We begin our tale inside a huge mansion where Dracula (Peter Stickles) has been kept for many years. His only visitors are his servant, Dwight (Bruce L. Hart) and his physician Dr. Van Sloan (Domiziano Arcangeli). Dracula’s estranged wife Francine (Elina Madison) also pays him visits but more so to mock him. Something is very wrong with Dracula and through this film, we find out what that mysterious illness is. All we know is that there is a change happening to him that...
A modern take on the story of Dracula is coming in 2013 from writer and director Creep Creepersin.
Check out the official poster below the synopsis and production notes for Creep Creepersin's Dracula.
Synopsis
Creep Creepersin’s Dracula is a very modern take on not just the story of Dracula but also the legacy that the story has left on our society. We begin our tale inside a huge mansion where Dracula (Peter Stickles) has been kept for many years. His only visitors are his servant, Dwight (Bruce L. Hart) and his physician Dr. Van Sloan (Domiziano Arcangeli). Dracula’s estranged wife Francine (Elina Madison) also pays him visits but more so to mock him. Something is very wrong with Dracula and through this film, we find out what that mysterious illness is. All we know is that there is a change happening to him that...
- 8/8/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Here is the frankly unnerving one-sheet poster for Creep Creepersin’s Dracula which stars Peter Stickles, Bruce Hart, Domiziano Arcangeli, Elissa Dowling and Elina Madison. You have to admit it’s an incredibly strange image given the subject matter… Check out the poster and press release below:
Creepersin Films Presses On Through The Slate Of Awesome With Creep Creepersin’S Dracula
Creepersin Films starts shooting their psychological horror thriller, Creep Creepersin’s Dracula this week. Dracula stars Peter Stickles (The Lair) in the title role as the Count who is held captive in his manor by his servants. Other great genre names round out the cast with Domiziano Arcangeli (Virus X), Elina Madison (Huff), Elissa Dowling (Bloody Bloody Bible Camp), Bruce Hart (Homewrecker) and Dawna Lee Heisinig (Scare Tactics).
Writer / Director Creep Creepersin says about his “re-telling” of the classic Stoker tale, “It’s not the Dracula that you all know,...
Creepersin Films Presses On Through The Slate Of Awesome With Creep Creepersin’S Dracula
Creepersin Films starts shooting their psychological horror thriller, Creep Creepersin’s Dracula this week. Dracula stars Peter Stickles (The Lair) in the title role as the Count who is held captive in his manor by his servants. Other great genre names round out the cast with Domiziano Arcangeli (Virus X), Elina Madison (Huff), Elissa Dowling (Bloody Bloody Bible Camp), Bruce Hart (Homewrecker) and Dawna Lee Heisinig (Scare Tactics).
Writer / Director Creep Creepersin says about his “re-telling” of the classic Stoker tale, “It’s not the Dracula that you all know,...
- 7/31/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Yes, they say childbirth is the most amazing experience a woman can have. However, if the spawn coming forth was sired by a flesh-eating demon, that tends to take some of the joy out of the occasion. Check out the teaser for the After Birth.
Written and directed by Tara Robinson, the new indie After Birth stars Nicola Fiore (Slaughter Daughter, Ms. Cannibal Holocaust) and Peter Stickles (Shortbus, Gingerdead Man 3) and features Willam Belli (RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4). The trailer looks killer and evokes all the pregnant horrors of the gruesome French film Inside. Check it out below. Girl power!
For more visit the official After Birth website, "like" After Birth on Facebook and follow After Birth on Twitter (@afterbirthmovie).
From the Press Release
If you think you know what to expect from a low budget horror movie, think again. The latest endeavor from writer/director Tara Robinson is testing...
Written and directed by Tara Robinson, the new indie After Birth stars Nicola Fiore (Slaughter Daughter, Ms. Cannibal Holocaust) and Peter Stickles (Shortbus, Gingerdead Man 3) and features Willam Belli (RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4). The trailer looks killer and evokes all the pregnant horrors of the gruesome French film Inside. Check it out below. Girl power!
For more visit the official After Birth website, "like" After Birth on Facebook and follow After Birth on Twitter (@afterbirthmovie).
From the Press Release
If you think you know what to expect from a low budget horror movie, think again. The latest endeavor from writer/director Tara Robinson is testing...
- 7/9/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
Duuuude! Larnell (John Patrick Jordan), Bachman (Mitch Eakins), Brett (Brian Lloyd), Alistair (Peter Stickles), and Rabbit (Carl Davis) are back and faced with an entirely new evil after surviving their battle with the diabolical King Bong. The third in the Evil Bong trilogy Evil Bong 3: Wraith of Bong finds the boys once again fighting for their own survival as well as the fate of the world after an alien bong crashes on Earth with visions of world domination. Soon they find themselves once again sucked into the strange bong world where they will have to deal with naked alien girls and much more in order to save the world with the help of a another familiar talking bong the sassy diva Eebee (Michelle Mais) the evil bong herself, Grandpa (Jacob Witkin), and his strange mute “nurse” Nurse Hookah (Christina DeRosa).
As a long time follower of this franchise and Full Moon,...
As a long time follower of this franchise and Full Moon,...
- 9/11/2011
- by Ted Brown
- The Liberal Dead
Evil Bong & Gingerdead Man box sets I don't know about you, but I love campy horror films! First and foremost a horror film, in my opinion, should just be plain out fun! Charles Band has delivered that time and time again for the past five decades with plenty of horror films that have cult followings such as Puppetmaster, Creepozoids, Demonic Toys and Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl O Rama. Well... get set! Two feature films from Full Moon Entertainment that sure look like they deliver the camp and the fun are getting an early DVD release date through the direct website. Gingerdead Man 3-D: Saturday Night Cleaver and Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong will be coming out this July in box sets!
Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver and Evil Bong 3: The Wrath Of Bong will first premier at the San Diego Comic Con. Then they...
Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver and Evil Bong 3: The Wrath Of Bong will first premier at the San Diego Comic Con. Then they...
- 7/8/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Peter Stickles Imagine if Chris O' Donnell (School Ties) had a cousin, or even brother, who looked like him and who made campy, low budget horror films. Then you got a good idea of what Peter Stickles is all about! In his breakout role in Shortbus, Peter Stickles made stalking awfully damn cute! He followed that up with a controversial role in Watch Out. This year, Peter Stickles stars in two films for Full Moon Entertainment, Gingerdead Man 3-D: Saturday Night Cleaver & Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bond that are expected to re-establish Full Moon's presence as a viable producer of low budget horror films. Over the course of his career, Peter Stickles has had people talking about him. It might not have been all positive as the projects he has been have stirred up a wide variety of opinions, but the thing is, these projects have got...
- 4/21/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Director Charles Band is touring his cannabis fueled project Evil Bong 3D: The Wrath of Bong! across the United States, in celebration of National Weed Day. April 20th is the day to break out your herb, with the film showing in Dallas, Texas this day. Other showings include Atlanta, Georgia (April 22), Madison, Wisconsin (April 23), Portland, Oregon (April 30), and New Jersey (May 14th). Each presentation will host special guests.
On April 20th, this herbified showing will be presented in smell-o-vision and lifelike 3D, with a new television spot listed below. Get set for some green screams, as Larnell, Bachman, Brett and Alistair "are enslaved in [an] Alien Bong's" (Full Moon) lair. More on their dazed escapades are below.
The synopsis for Evil Bong 3D: The Wrath of Bong is here:
"Larnell (John Patrick Jordan), Bachman (Mitch Eakins), Brett (Brian Lloyd) and Alistair (Peter Stickles) survived their battle with the dubious King Bong.
On April 20th, this herbified showing will be presented in smell-o-vision and lifelike 3D, with a new television spot listed below. Get set for some green screams, as Larnell, Bachman, Brett and Alistair "are enslaved in [an] Alien Bong's" (Full Moon) lair. More on their dazed escapades are below.
The synopsis for Evil Bong 3D: The Wrath of Bong is here:
"Larnell (John Patrick Jordan), Bachman (Mitch Eakins), Brett (Brian Lloyd) and Alistair (Peter Stickles) survived their battle with the dubious King Bong.
- 4/15/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Evil Bong 3-D:
The Wrath of Bong An all star event is gathering for the world premier of Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong. In Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong, the latest horror / comedy opus from Full Moon Entertainment, an evil alien bong crashes on earth. Its intent: world domination. Our stoner heroes are sent to the alien bong planet and held captive by nude alien beauties. Their only hope to escape and save planet earth: Eebee, the original Evil Bong. Evil Bong 3-D stars Peter Stickles (Gingerdead Man 3-D: Saturday Night Cleaver) who takes over the role of Alistair, the series protagonist. Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong marks the first theatrical release for Full Moon Entertainment. In addition to the film being presented in 3-D, the film will also be featured in Sniff o Rama!
Chicago is about to blow-up with the World Premiere...
The Wrath of Bong An all star event is gathering for the world premier of Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong. In Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong, the latest horror / comedy opus from Full Moon Entertainment, an evil alien bong crashes on earth. Its intent: world domination. Our stoner heroes are sent to the alien bong planet and held captive by nude alien beauties. Their only hope to escape and save planet earth: Eebee, the original Evil Bong. Evil Bong 3-D stars Peter Stickles (Gingerdead Man 3-D: Saturday Night Cleaver) who takes over the role of Alistair, the series protagonist. Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong marks the first theatrical release for Full Moon Entertainment. In addition to the film being presented in 3-D, the film will also be featured in Sniff o Rama!
Chicago is about to blow-up with the World Premiere...
- 3/30/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Charles Band and Full Moon Entertainment have just announced the first six theatrical venues and dates for their latest horror / comedy opus Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong. In Evil Bong 3-D, an evil alien bong crashes on earth. Its intent: world domination. Our stoner heroes are sent to the alien bong planet and held captive by nude alien beauties. Their only hope to escape and save planet earth: Eebee, the original Evil Bong. Evil Bong 3-D stars Peter Stickles (Gingerdead Man 3-D: Saturday Night Cleaver) who takes over the role of Alistair, the series protagonist. Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong marks the first theatrical release for Full Moon Entertainment. In addition to the film being present in 3-D, the film will also be featured in Sniff o Rama! The theatrical venues for Evil Bong 3-D include:
Wednesday April 20th, 2011 Only
Inwood Theatre
5458 West Lovers Lane at Inwood
Dallas,...
Wednesday April 20th, 2011 Only
Inwood Theatre
5458 West Lovers Lane at Inwood
Dallas,...
- 2/26/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Disco. Rollerskates. A roller rank. Some roller booging. Trendy 70's clothing. And of course a "Gingerdead Man"! What more could you want? Full Moon Entertainment has just released the trailer (seen below) for their latest full length future of Gingerdead Man 3-D: Saturday Night Cleaver.
Full Moon Entertainment (the company behind such classic horror B movies as Puppetmaster and Demonic Toys) presents Gingerdead Man 3-D: Saturday Night Cleaver starring Robin Sydney, Peter Stickles, Laura Kachergus, Jacqui Holland, Caley Chase and the legendary John Carl Buechler as the voice of the Gingerdead Man.
This time around everyone's favorite edible anti-hero finds himself transported back to the 70's via time machine after narrowly escaping being caught in the present. Now stuck in 1976, our pesky little cookie gets down with the boogie and gets down with a flamboyantly over the top killing spree employing a wide variety of creative ways to kill off...
Full Moon Entertainment (the company behind such classic horror B movies as Puppetmaster and Demonic Toys) presents Gingerdead Man 3-D: Saturday Night Cleaver starring Robin Sydney, Peter Stickles, Laura Kachergus, Jacqui Holland, Caley Chase and the legendary John Carl Buechler as the voice of the Gingerdead Man.
This time around everyone's favorite edible anti-hero finds himself transported back to the 70's via time machine after narrowly escaping being caught in the present. Now stuck in 1976, our pesky little cookie gets down with the boogie and gets down with a flamboyantly over the top killing spree employing a wide variety of creative ways to kill off...
- 1/29/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Campy low budget horror film production company and distributor Full Moon Pictures just recently announced the completion of Gingerdead Man 3-D: Saturday Night Cleaver. In between filming and post production the film's status was updated to include the fact that it will be shown in 3-D.
The film starring Jacqui Holland, Caley Chase, Peter Stickles, Robin Sydney, Kimberly Pfeffer, Laura Kachergus and Kent Fuher is aiming for a March release according to Full Moon Entertainment. Looking over the credits of the film, various characters such as roller girl keep popping up. So does that mean we are in store for campy horror film that crosses elements of Saturday Night Fever with Roller Boogie starring Linda Blair and Skatetown, U.S.A. with Scott Baio?
The roller disco sub-genre of film has been practically non-existent over the past three decades with the exception of My Super Psycho Sweet 16. So any...
The film starring Jacqui Holland, Caley Chase, Peter Stickles, Robin Sydney, Kimberly Pfeffer, Laura Kachergus and Kent Fuher is aiming for a March release according to Full Moon Entertainment. Looking over the credits of the film, various characters such as roller girl keep popping up. So does that mean we are in store for campy horror film that crosses elements of Saturday Night Fever with Roller Boogie starring Linda Blair and Skatetown, U.S.A. with Scott Baio?
The roller disco sub-genre of film has been practically non-existent over the past three decades with the exception of My Super Psycho Sweet 16. So any...
- 1/10/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
This reviewer has known actor Lee Perkins for a long time and now there is an opportunity to see Perkin's more quirky side. Psychosomatika is Perkin's latest feature to complete production. The film is slated for a likely October 2010 release, if all things go well. In the film Perkins places a strange neighbour or as Lee puts it: "a not so normal neighbour" (Perkins). The film is about secrets and putting a life back together (IMDb). Take a few moments to really appreciate Perkins in a pink bathrobe and gold mask here and inside.
The synopsis for Psychosomatika here:
"Lionel Perkins awakens from a coma only to find himself in the middle of what he believes to be an alternate reality - an adaptation of his own life. Remembering only bits and pieces of his past, he begins to wonder if these vague memories of the life he once had...
The synopsis for Psychosomatika here:
"Lionel Perkins awakens from a coma only to find himself in the middle of what he believes to be an alternate reality - an adaptation of his own life. Remembering only bits and pieces of his past, he begins to wonder if these vague memories of the life he once had...
- 3/20/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Director: J. T. Seaton.
Writers: J. T. Seaton, and Brad Hodson.
George's Intervention had its premiere at Dragon Con' in Atlanta this summer and currently the film is moving around on the film festival circuit. A little more attention needs to be given to George's Intervention as writers Brad Hodson and J. T. Seaton show a flare for well-written dialogue. The film is witty, sly, and overall a general joy to watch. One of the best horror-comedies to come out of 2009 George's Intervention is more like watching a well-crafted play than a mere movie.
The film unravels quickly with a noisy roommate being offed by an unknown assassin. The film then changes pace with, yes, an intervention for George (Carlos Larkin). However, George is a zombie with a taste for human flesh. Ben (Peter Stickles), Sarah (Michelle Tomlinson), Francine (Shannon Hodson), and Steve (Eric Dean) are George's friends who attempt...
Writers: J. T. Seaton, and Brad Hodson.
George's Intervention had its premiere at Dragon Con' in Atlanta this summer and currently the film is moving around on the film festival circuit. A little more attention needs to be given to George's Intervention as writers Brad Hodson and J. T. Seaton show a flare for well-written dialogue. The film is witty, sly, and overall a general joy to watch. One of the best horror-comedies to come out of 2009 George's Intervention is more like watching a well-crafted play than a mere movie.
The film unravels quickly with a noisy roommate being offed by an unknown assassin. The film then changes pace with, yes, an intervention for George (Carlos Larkin). However, George is a zombie with a taste for human flesh. Ben (Peter Stickles), Sarah (Michelle Tomlinson), Francine (Shannon Hodson), and Steve (Eric Dean) are George's friends who attempt...
- 12/7/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Grizzly Bear
The week's new DVDs are all over the map, but there are lots of options for indie music fans.
Read on for more!
The curated All Tomorrow's Parties is an annual gathering of the coolest bands your mom has never heard of, and this new documentary of the same name—co-directed by gay filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation)— features a staggering lineup, including The Gossip, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, Grizzly Bear (the gay-inclusive band is pictured above), Sonic Youth, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle and Sebastian, Patti Smith, The Mars Volta and many more.
Queer-inclusive British band Placebo tells their story in the new documentary The Sun Also Rises, which weaves together news reports, exclusive interviews, performance footage and other archival footage of the glam pansexual trio.
You can't get much sexier than a group that releases a new CD box that comes complete with, uh,...
The week's new DVDs are all over the map, but there are lots of options for indie music fans.
Read on for more!
The curated All Tomorrow's Parties is an annual gathering of the coolest bands your mom has never heard of, and this new documentary of the same name—co-directed by gay filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation)— features a staggering lineup, including The Gossip, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, Grizzly Bear (the gay-inclusive band is pictured above), Sonic Youth, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle and Sebastian, Patti Smith, The Mars Volta and many more.
Queer-inclusive British band Placebo tells their story in the new documentary The Sun Also Rises, which weaves together news reports, exclusive interviews, performance footage and other archival footage of the glam pansexual trio.
You can't get much sexier than a group that releases a new CD box that comes complete with, uh,...
- 11/25/2009
- by ADuralde
- The Backlot
Cast members of the Black Gate Entertainment films Evilution and Basement Jack will be signing copies of their two new releases at the Dark Delicacies bookstore in Burbank, California (4213 West Burbank Boulevard) tonight, November 17 at 7 p.m.
Brian Patrick O’Toole (Dog Soldiers, Cemetery Gates), writer/producer of both films, will be joined by Eric Peter-Kaiser, his producing partner and star of each splaterfest. Joining the duo will be Evilution actors Billy Morrison (rocker from the Cult) and Sandra Ramirez, Basement Jack director Michael Shelton and the composer for both films, Alan Howarth (Boo, Halloween sequels). Also expected: Basement Jack co-stars Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Michele Morrow and Noel G (Hood Of Horror, Gangs Of The Dead) and from Evilution, Peter Stickles of Cemetery Gates and The Lair. Count on other surprise guests as well.
“We are excited to spend the release date of Evilution and Basement Jack at Dark Delicacies,...
Brian Patrick O’Toole (Dog Soldiers, Cemetery Gates), writer/producer of both films, will be joined by Eric Peter-Kaiser, his producing partner and star of each splaterfest. Joining the duo will be Evilution actors Billy Morrison (rocker from the Cult) and Sandra Ramirez, Basement Jack director Michael Shelton and the composer for both films, Alan Howarth (Boo, Halloween sequels). Also expected: Basement Jack co-stars Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Michele Morrow and Noel G (Hood Of Horror, Gangs Of The Dead) and from Evilution, Peter Stickles of Cemetery Gates and The Lair. Count on other surprise guests as well.
“We are excited to spend the release date of Evilution and Basement Jack at Dark Delicacies,...
- 11/17/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Tony Timpone)
- Fangoria
One of the best parts of our jobs here at Fangoria is the opportunity to hook-up some lucky readers with some kick-ass prizes and free swag. Below the jump you'll find the winners of some recent contests here on Fangoria.com
You might already be a winner!
Insane Clown Posse Giveaway
Adam Southcott of Mason, Mi will receive an iPod Nano and an autographed copy of the new Icp album Bang! Pow! Boom! *Prizes to be shipped by Total Assault
Law Abiding Citizen Giveaway
Larry G. Boyle of Louisville, Ne will receive a prize pack courtesy of Law Abiding Citizen! *Prizes to be shipped by Special Ops Media
Fangoria 30th Anniversary DVD Prize Pack
Stacy Hughes of Seattle, Wa will receive 30 DVD's courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment & Horror Unleashed, along with a copy of the Fangoria 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition! *DVD's to be shipped by Mammoth NYC; Magazine to...
You might already be a winner!
Insane Clown Posse Giveaway
Adam Southcott of Mason, Mi will receive an iPod Nano and an autographed copy of the new Icp album Bang! Pow! Boom! *Prizes to be shipped by Total Assault
Law Abiding Citizen Giveaway
Larry G. Boyle of Louisville, Ne will receive a prize pack courtesy of Law Abiding Citizen! *Prizes to be shipped by Special Ops Media
Fangoria 30th Anniversary DVD Prize Pack
Stacy Hughes of Seattle, Wa will receive 30 DVD's courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment & Horror Unleashed, along with a copy of the Fangoria 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition! *DVD's to be shipped by Mammoth NYC; Magazine to...
- 11/14/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
Part 2 of the Big Bear Horror Film Festival recap. Read Part 1 here.
Saturday
After being up way too late the night before watching Golden Girls and Sex And The City reruns in my hotel room (P.S., I’m totally gay), it was time to get back to the Big Bear Horror Film Festival for a really great film, Die-ner (Get It?).
Yes, the “Get It?” is part of the film title, which I’m now publicly begging the filmmakers to change. Why? Because this film is so much smarter than the title. Die-ner (Get It?) is a well directed, well written and well acted serial-killer-plus-zombie flick that makes great use of its limited resources. I don’t want to give too much away, but I definitely recommend Patrick Horvath’s awesome motion picture.
As we walk out of the theater for a quick break, J.T. Seaton* and Michael Simon* join our gay horror cabal.
Saturday
After being up way too late the night before watching Golden Girls and Sex And The City reruns in my hotel room (P.S., I’m totally gay), it was time to get back to the Big Bear Horror Film Festival for a really great film, Die-ner (Get It?).
Yes, the “Get It?” is part of the film title, which I’m now publicly begging the filmmakers to change. Why? Because this film is so much smarter than the title. Die-ner (Get It?) is a well directed, well written and well acted serial-killer-plus-zombie flick that makes great use of its limited resources. I don’t want to give too much away, but I definitely recommend Patrick Horvath’s awesome motion picture.
As we walk out of the theater for a quick break, J.T. Seaton* and Michael Simon* join our gay horror cabal.
- 10/29/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Sean Abley)
- Fangoria
Let me say up front that I’ve always found the here! TV soap opera Dante’s Cove to be pretty much unwatchable. If the point is to see undressed pretty people enacting out incomprehensible plots, why not just go direct to adult movies?
Let me also say upfront I’m also very tired of vampires, which I thought became overdone around the time of Lost Boys in 1987.
But I’ve always had a soft spot for at least the idea of The Lair, here! TV’s show about a coven of gay vampires, their gay vampire sex club, and the mortal reporter who investigates all of this.
I think the central concept is flat-out brilliant. Anne Rice (and many others) have been writing about vampires as some kind of coded “metaphor” for gay people for decades. So why the hell not just come out and make the damn vampires gay?...
Let me also say upfront I’m also very tired of vampires, which I thought became overdone around the time of Lost Boys in 1987.
But I’ve always had a soft spot for at least the idea of The Lair, here! TV’s show about a coven of gay vampires, their gay vampire sex club, and the mortal reporter who investigates all of this.
I think the central concept is flat-out brilliant. Anne Rice (and many others) have been writing about vampires as some kind of coded “metaphor” for gay people for decades. So why the hell not just come out and make the damn vampires gay?...
- 9/4/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
I always love how screeners find their way to my doorstep. I'm headed out to get coffee and there's a screener pack, ready and waiting. Coming back from the grocery store? Screener. Trash run? Screeeeneer. It's like space aliens visit when I'm not looking. Or vampires...
Which brings me to my latest viewing: Season 3 of The Lair, Here! TV's supernatural soap about vampires running a sex club -- and eating the members. Last season, a power struggle resulted in the death of Colin (Dylan Vox), the bad-boy vamp, at the hands of Damian (Peter Stickles), the other bad, but suave, vamp and his long suffering, though endessly hot, mortal boyfriend Thom, played by David Moretti.
Talk about dysfunctional.
There was also a business with werewolf that didn't end well for the town sheriff, Trout, played by porn star Colton Ford, nor for Tim (Frankie Valenti), who lost his love to...
Which brings me to my latest viewing: Season 3 of The Lair, Here! TV's supernatural soap about vampires running a sex club -- and eating the members. Last season, a power struggle resulted in the death of Colin (Dylan Vox), the bad-boy vamp, at the hands of Damian (Peter Stickles), the other bad, but suave, vamp and his long suffering, though endessly hot, mortal boyfriend Thom, played by David Moretti.
Talk about dysfunctional.
There was also a business with werewolf that didn't end well for the town sheriff, Trout, played by porn star Colton Ford, nor for Tim (Frankie Valenti), who lost his love to...
- 8/21/2009
- doorQ.com
Are you a fan of The Twilight Saga (New Moon and all the rest?) What about The Hunger? Even the classic Dracula? Then Vampire-Con, a new convention deadicated to all these dark, suave bloodsuckers underway here in Los Angeles, is totally for you.
Friday night and Saturday night are devoted to movie appreciation. With old classics like The Lost Boys and new ones like Midnight Sun, fans looking to get their groove on with some crimson cinema need go no farther than The New Beverly Theater.
On Sunday, things move to The Magic Box for a more in-depth and insightful exploration of these themes. The current panel schedule covers everything from True Blood to those gay vampires of The Lair.
Here's the schedule:
Sunday the 16th:
11:00 Am to 12:00 Pm – "Why We Love Vampires: A Brief History of the Undead" Moderator: Steve Biodrowski, Editor of Hollywood Gothique
Panel Guests: Leslie S.
Friday night and Saturday night are devoted to movie appreciation. With old classics like The Lost Boys and new ones like Midnight Sun, fans looking to get their groove on with some crimson cinema need go no farther than The New Beverly Theater.
On Sunday, things move to The Magic Box for a more in-depth and insightful exploration of these themes. The current panel schedule covers everything from True Blood to those gay vampires of The Lair.
Here's the schedule:
Sunday the 16th:
11:00 Am to 12:00 Pm – "Why We Love Vampires: A Brief History of the Undead" Moderator: Steve Biodrowski, Editor of Hollywood Gothique
Panel Guests: Leslie S.
- 8/15/2009
- doorQ.com
"George's Intervention" is an independent horror, comedy and a further addition to the Bram Stoker 2009 Film Festival. Blending a comedic zombie intervention with gory on-screen deaths "George's Intervention" will stimulate the senses mid October '09. Director J.T. Seaton (Nightshadows) has already garnered some early positive reviews for this zombie spoof, which will be shown in Whitby, England. So, buy your tickets now and prepare for a large turn-out at this once a year horror themed film festival and prepare to see one of the best independent horror films at the premiere.
A synopsis for "George's Intervention" here:
"George's friends have all gathered for an intervention... George's intervention. You see, George is a zombie and George's friends are attempting to convince George to stop eating people and to enter 'zombie rehab'. But the intervention doesn't go quite as planned."
Director: J. T. Seaton.
Writer: Brad Hodson, and J. T. Seaton.
Cast: Peter Stickles,...
A synopsis for "George's Intervention" here:
"George's friends have all gathered for an intervention... George's intervention. You see, George is a zombie and George's friends are attempting to convince George to stop eating people and to enter 'zombie rehab'. But the intervention doesn't go quite as planned."
Director: J. T. Seaton.
Writer: Brad Hodson, and J. T. Seaton.
Cast: Peter Stickles,...
- 7/14/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Above you can see "Tight Squeeze", one of the promos for the upcoming Vampire-Con taking place in Hollywood from August 14-16th. As you can tell from the the video, this convention is unlike most fantasy and sci-fi conventions, as they're openly courting the gay audience.
Scheduled highlights include tributes to Vampirella, a panel discussion titled "Why we love vampires: A brief history of the undead", and a panel discussion titled "Hot-blooded: Vampires & Sexuality" featuring The Lair stars Brian Nolan, David Moretti, Peter Stickles, and Dylan Vox.
What do you think? Intrigued enough to give it a try? I think it sounds like fun ... but if they were to throw in some Jason Stackhouse bare buns, I would so be there!
Scheduled highlights include tributes to Vampirella, a panel discussion titled "Why we love vampires: A brief history of the undead", and a panel discussion titled "Hot-blooded: Vampires & Sexuality" featuring The Lair stars Brian Nolan, David Moretti, Peter Stickles, and Dylan Vox.
What do you think? Intrigued enough to give it a try? I think it sounds like fun ... but if they were to throw in some Jason Stackhouse bare buns, I would so be there!
- 6/24/2009
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Vampire-con 2009 is coming to L.A. this August (see announcement here) and today the organizers got in touch with Fango to reveal the lineup of Panels for the first-ever event.
Why We Love Vampires: A Brief History Of The Undead and Hot Blooded: Vampires & Sexuality. Would you like to know more?
Expert and Celebrity Panelists Round Out the Vam-Pop Culture Weekend of Movies, TV Shows, Comics & Sub-Culture With A Dialogue About Why We’re Obsessed.
Vampire-Con 2009, the world’s first convention devoted to everything vampire has announced its lineup of panel discussions and guests for Sunday, August 16th. The convention swoops into Hollywood, CA for a weekend-long event beginning Friday, August 14th.
Why We Love Vampires: A Brief History of the Undead is a discussion about our recurring cultural obsession with vampires between moderator Steve Biodrowski, editor of Hollywood Gothique and a panel featuring Leslie S. Klinger, editor of The...
Why We Love Vampires: A Brief History Of The Undead and Hot Blooded: Vampires & Sexuality. Would you like to know more?
Expert and Celebrity Panelists Round Out the Vam-Pop Culture Weekend of Movies, TV Shows, Comics & Sub-Culture With A Dialogue About Why We’re Obsessed.
Vampire-Con 2009, the world’s first convention devoted to everything vampire has announced its lineup of panel discussions and guests for Sunday, August 16th. The convention swoops into Hollywood, CA for a weekend-long event beginning Friday, August 14th.
Why We Love Vampires: A Brief History of the Undead is a discussion about our recurring cultural obsession with vampires between moderator Steve Biodrowski, editor of Hollywood Gothique and a panel featuring Leslie S. Klinger, editor of The...
- 6/17/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
When Tony asked me to moderate a panel on The Lair for at the Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors, I was thrilled. I participated in a bunch of panels at Gaylaxicon a couple years ago and had a ball because, let’s face it, I’m a bit of a ham. So the opportunity to be on a panel at a Fango con was an automatic, “Yes!”
As the date approached, I started to feel more and more nervous. I wondered if anyone would actually show up for this panel. I mean, The Lair is a fun show, but it’s on a Pay-Per-View network, and I would guess that ninety percent of its audience is more camp enthusiast than horror fanatic. Would there be any fans of The Lair actually attending the con? And more importantly, would there be any Glbt horror fans attending the con? Okay, yes, obviously...
As the date approached, I started to feel more and more nervous. I wondered if anyone would actually show up for this panel. I mean, The Lair is a fun show, but it’s on a Pay-Per-View network, and I would guess that ninety percent of its audience is more camp enthusiast than horror fanatic. Would there be any fans of The Lair actually attending the con? And more importantly, would there be any Glbt horror fans attending the con? Okay, yes, obviously...
- 4/27/2009
- Fangoria
We're getting all settled in out here in L.A., and the finishing touches have been put on this weekend's schedule of events. Our buddy Ted from Creation just gave me the Revised schedule, which I've posted after the jump. If you were planning your weekend around one of the previously posted schedules, please check this one out, as it may have changed.
Also a reminder, for the first time ever, we have Two Tracks of panels on both Saturday and Sunday!
Friday April 17
Main Track (Main Auditorium, Concourse, Rooms 151 & 152)
2:00 P.M. Greetings - With our hosts, Creation chief Adam Malin, Fangoria president/owner Thomas DeFeo, and Fango editor Tony Timpone.
2:10 P.M. Previews - A look at upcoming genre flicks!
3:10 P.M. Preview: “Walking Distance” - With writer/director Mel House and cast members Adrienne King, Reggie
Bannister, Shannon Lark and Denton Blane Everett
3:45 P.
Also a reminder, for the first time ever, we have Two Tracks of panels on both Saturday and Sunday!
Friday April 17
Main Track (Main Auditorium, Concourse, Rooms 151 & 152)
2:00 P.M. Greetings - With our hosts, Creation chief Adam Malin, Fangoria president/owner Thomas DeFeo, and Fango editor Tony Timpone.
2:10 P.M. Previews - A look at upcoming genre flicks!
3:10 P.M. Preview: “Walking Distance” - With writer/director Mel House and cast members Adrienne King, Reggie
Bannister, Shannon Lark and Denton Blane Everett
3:45 P.
- 4/17/2009
- Fangoria
After a year of planning, the schedule for the West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention is ready to be unveiled. The event will to be held this coming April 17-19 (three monstrous days and over 100 guests!) at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa).
All guests/events listed here are tentative. More stars are still joining the fun at this late stage, so expect lots of surprises all weekend long. And for the first time ever, we’ve added a second track of programming that will take place concurrently with the main track on Saturday and Sunday! Be sure to note which rooms your favorite panels will be held in. Details for the jam-packed film schedule, including several world premieres and more unannounced bonus guests, can be found here. For additional information and tickets to the Weekend of Horrors, produced by Creation and Fangoria Entertainment, go here.
All guests/events listed here are tentative. More stars are still joining the fun at this late stage, so expect lots of surprises all weekend long. And for the first time ever, we’ve added a second track of programming that will take place concurrently with the main track on Saturday and Sunday! Be sure to note which rooms your favorite panels will be held in. Details for the jam-packed film schedule, including several world premieres and more unannounced bonus guests, can be found here. For additional information and tickets to the Weekend of Horrors, produced by Creation and Fangoria Entertainment, go here.
- 4/14/2009
- Fangoria
As a sidebar before we jump into today’s topic, I want to keep my promise that this blog won’t just be about politics, or even gay horror. Sometimes it will just be about hot guys. Case in point: Todd Farmer, screenwriter of Jason X (with my favorite in the series after the original) and My Bloody Valentine 3D (with Zane Smith), which I saw on opening weekend and absolutely loved.
I (briefly) interviewed Farmer for a project called “Expanded Books” (formerly “Book Look”) when my friend Peter Bracke’s Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History Of Friday The 13th had its release party. At the time I thought, “Uh…he cute.”
Cut To: My Bloody Valentine 3D. I go see the flick with a gaggle of homos and what are we treated to? Naked Todd Farmer! Ok, more like naked Todd Farmer’s ass, but still! As much...
I (briefly) interviewed Farmer for a project called “Expanded Books” (formerly “Book Look”) when my friend Peter Bracke’s Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History Of Friday The 13th had its release party. At the time I thought, “Uh…he cute.”
Cut To: My Bloody Valentine 3D. I go see the flick with a gaggle of homos and what are we treated to? Naked Todd Farmer! Ok, more like naked Todd Farmer’s ass, but still! As much...
- 2/4/2009
- Fangoria
CANNES -- John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus is a pansexual comedy that tries to get at character through graphic sexual behavior. So here's the question the movie raises: Is sex really a spectator sport? Pornography, of course, is designed to stimulate sexual excitement in viewers, which they may choose to relieve or not, but the sexual acts are disconnected from emotions. In this film, however, Mitchell -- who created his script by work-shopping scenes and characters with his open-minded and brave cast -- wants to, as he puts it, "use the language of sex as a metaphor for other aspects of the characters' lives."
Well, you probably could try the same thing with how people eat or drive cars. But can one really achieve dramatic enlightenment by watching characters engage in a single activity for an entire movie? Will we really understand their lives as a consequence?
There will be those, of course, who will see this movie as profoundly sophisticated and artful. Just as predictably, the film will raise the hackles of our current conservative critics who howl over any breach of orthodoxy, which may make Shortbus a hot boxoffice ticket for a brief period. Yet the film lacks the depth and discipline of Mitchell's first film venture, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which makes Shortbus a real disappointment.
The title refers to a New York multisex underground salon, named after the school bus used for children with disabilities or emotional problems. It is to this salon that the movie's characters repair to watch or engage in public group sex.
The subplots are cleverly linked by digital artist John Bair, through whose 3-D animated cityscape the movie can glide at a moment's notice.
These include Sofia (Sook-Yin Lee), a sex therapist unable to achieve an orgasm with her loving husband Rob (Raphael Barker); Severin (Lindsay Beamish), a dominatrix who lives in an industrial storage unit and has never had a lasting relationship; James (Paul Dawson) and his devoted Jamie (PJ DeBoy), a gay couple who enter the crisis zone when James suggests opening up their sexual relationship to other partners.
They find what they're looking for in Ceth (Jay Brannan), a model-singer who falls for them as a couple. Meanwhile, James has a stalker, albeit a caring and gentle one, in Caleb (Peter Stickles), whose apartment across the street from James affords him a perfect vantage point to photograph his sexual couplings.
Unfortunately, the characters lack dimension when removed from the arena of sex. All problems, goals and desires are sexual in nature. Jobs, ambitions and families are banished to the very margins of the movie, if seen at all.
Mitchell does partially succeed in his sex-as-metaphor objective. Moments of genuine humor emerge from the geometry of the couplings. For instance, when was the last time you saw or heard anyone perform The Star-Spangled Banner on the rear portion of the human anatomy?
You do gain some insights into these people through the inventive positions and marital aids they so eagerly employ. But you gain more in the ceaseless group-therapy speak that continues before, during and after much of their sexual activities, a tacit admission that merely watching sex isn't going to tell us that much about peoples' lives.
This is a cheerful and even a tad sentimental film, whose actors, despite in some cases a lack of experience, deliver believable performances in and out of their clothes. But to answer the question, no, sex doesn't really make a good spectator sport.
SHORTBUS
Fortissimo presents in association with Q Television a Process production
Credits: Writer-director: John Cameron Mitchell; Producers: Howard Gertler, Tim Perell, John Cameron Mitchell; Executive producers: Michael J. Werner, Wouter Barendrecht; Director of photography: Frank G. DeMarco; Production designer: Jody Asnes; Music: Yo La Tengo; Costumes: Kurt and Bart; Editor: Brian A. Kates. Cast: Sofia: Sook-Yin Lee; James: Paul Dawson; Severin: Lindsay Beamish; Jamie: PJ DeBoy; Rob: Raphael Barker; Ceth: Jay Brannan; Caleb: Peter Stickles.
No MPAA rating, running time 102 minutes.
Well, you probably could try the same thing with how people eat or drive cars. But can one really achieve dramatic enlightenment by watching characters engage in a single activity for an entire movie? Will we really understand their lives as a consequence?
There will be those, of course, who will see this movie as profoundly sophisticated and artful. Just as predictably, the film will raise the hackles of our current conservative critics who howl over any breach of orthodoxy, which may make Shortbus a hot boxoffice ticket for a brief period. Yet the film lacks the depth and discipline of Mitchell's first film venture, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which makes Shortbus a real disappointment.
The title refers to a New York multisex underground salon, named after the school bus used for children with disabilities or emotional problems. It is to this salon that the movie's characters repair to watch or engage in public group sex.
The subplots are cleverly linked by digital artist John Bair, through whose 3-D animated cityscape the movie can glide at a moment's notice.
These include Sofia (Sook-Yin Lee), a sex therapist unable to achieve an orgasm with her loving husband Rob (Raphael Barker); Severin (Lindsay Beamish), a dominatrix who lives in an industrial storage unit and has never had a lasting relationship; James (Paul Dawson) and his devoted Jamie (PJ DeBoy), a gay couple who enter the crisis zone when James suggests opening up their sexual relationship to other partners.
They find what they're looking for in Ceth (Jay Brannan), a model-singer who falls for them as a couple. Meanwhile, James has a stalker, albeit a caring and gentle one, in Caleb (Peter Stickles), whose apartment across the street from James affords him a perfect vantage point to photograph his sexual couplings.
Unfortunately, the characters lack dimension when removed from the arena of sex. All problems, goals and desires are sexual in nature. Jobs, ambitions and families are banished to the very margins of the movie, if seen at all.
Mitchell does partially succeed in his sex-as-metaphor objective. Moments of genuine humor emerge from the geometry of the couplings. For instance, when was the last time you saw or heard anyone perform The Star-Spangled Banner on the rear portion of the human anatomy?
You do gain some insights into these people through the inventive positions and marital aids they so eagerly employ. But you gain more in the ceaseless group-therapy speak that continues before, during and after much of their sexual activities, a tacit admission that merely watching sex isn't going to tell us that much about peoples' lives.
This is a cheerful and even a tad sentimental film, whose actors, despite in some cases a lack of experience, deliver believable performances in and out of their clothes. But to answer the question, no, sex doesn't really make a good spectator sport.
SHORTBUS
Fortissimo presents in association with Q Television a Process production
Credits: Writer-director: John Cameron Mitchell; Producers: Howard Gertler, Tim Perell, John Cameron Mitchell; Executive producers: Michael J. Werner, Wouter Barendrecht; Director of photography: Frank G. DeMarco; Production designer: Jody Asnes; Music: Yo La Tengo; Costumes: Kurt and Bart; Editor: Brian A. Kates. Cast: Sofia: Sook-Yin Lee; James: Paul Dawson; Severin: Lindsay Beamish; Jamie: PJ DeBoy; Rob: Raphael Barker; Ceth: Jay Brannan; Caleb: Peter Stickles.
No MPAA rating, running time 102 minutes.
- 5/22/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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